College of Business Students: Explain how the knowledge and concepts provided in this course will better prepare you for your chosen career path. College of Science, Engineering and Technology Students: Do you fully understand the BCP project you are embarking upon within this degree program? Do you understand that you must retain a copy of all final assignments moving forward in order to complete your […]

Report #2: Industry Analysis Using a coherent model and strong research, describe the industry in which this organization operates. Use one of three models: Porter’s Five Forces, Griffin, or SWOT/SWOTT. If you were to use, for example, Porter’s Five Forces, your Industry Analysis would likely include well-analyzed and well-written information in all of the following areas: A. Intensity of Rivalry/Industry Competitors B. Threat of Substitutes […]

opportunity to delve into the Victorian Era. Furniture and Architecture. As your reading points out, Victorian is not a style but a period of time, the 60 year reign of Queen Victoria. There are numerous Victorian variations of housing and quite a bit of furniture born to this time period. Your focus this week is on Victorian in the United States, pages 255-269. I have […]

Scenario Ethical standards and sustainability measures are not just for marketing purposes. They have become key elements in modern corporate planning. As a result, the modern IT department has to plan and enact ethical standards and sustainability measures that support corporate design and intent. Assignment Deliverables For your main post, list an ethical standard or a sustainability measure that you have either seen implemented by […]

 “Opening a New Restaurant” You and your partners have decided to open a large, full-service restaurant in your local community; it will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 10 p.m. to serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Each of you is investing $50,000 in the venture, and together you have secured a bank loan for $300,000 to begin operations. You and your partners have little experience […]

  In both for-profit and not-for-profit organizations, statistics are critical pieces of information that allow decision makers to steer the organization in directions that are in the organization’s best interest. Data is acquired from many sources, some within the organization, and some from outside the organization. The government tracks data on many different aspects of society (including industrial output). The following questions will guide your […]

Paul O’Doherty is the ethics officer for a medium-sized petroleum company. The company has a comprehensive ethics program that is his responsibility. The program includes a code of business conduct that outlines the values that guide behaviour, identifies conflicts of interest, specifes appropriate and inappropriate practices, and provides an approach to reporting violations or suspected wrongdoing. One aspect of the reporting system is an employee […]

  Using the Internet or the Strayer University Online Library, locate and identify a U.S.-based company that operates globally. Summarize the key elements of the company’s operations, business structure, and current market position. Provide an example of a microeconomic, macroeconomic, or international economic factor that would likely influence the firm’s management strategies.

 After you have learned about the different types of dashes, read Emily Dickinson’s poem below. Answer the following questions in a complete paragraph. How does the speaker use diction and figurative language to portray what it’s like to be a “somebody”? What tone does this create? Use evidence from the poem. Describe the form, structure, and punctuation of the poem. What effect does this have […]

    For this assignment, we will be addressing an interesting subject in evolutionary biology: the question of sexual selection.  Very often, we see clear differences between sexes in many varieties of animals (including differences in size, coloration, behavior).  For example, see the duck species and peafowl  below: This has been an area of inquiry dating back to Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace.  Dr. […]